Seed-planter



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l -SBED PLANTBR.. No. 305,430. Patentedept. 23, 1884.

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l SEED PLANTER.

No. 305,430. Patented Sept. 23, 1884.

NITEn STATES ELLIsoR ARMIs'rEAD DANIEL, 0E DUNcANsvILLE, nssIGNoR or ONE-HALE To ROBERT r. MILLER, E CEDAR HILL, TEXAs.

SEED-PLANTER.

SPECIFICATION `forming part of Letters )Patent No. 305,430, dated September 23, 1884.

l Application lcd January `25, 1884. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom it may concern/.-

Be it known` that l, FLLIsoN A. DANIEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Duncansville, in the county of Dallas and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Rotary Seed-Planter, of which thefollowingisaspecieation, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

Figure l of the drawings is a front elevation of my improved rotary seed-planter. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation. Fig. 3 is an end view.` Fig. 4 is an end View. Fig. 5 is a transverse vertical section. Fig. 6 is a view of the feedscrew.

This invention has relation to rotary seedplanters; and it consists in the construction and novel arrangement 'of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims appended. f

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, a designates the main shaft, on which the concavo-conveX rotary cutters or blades b are mounted. The seeder is made in two sections, andas the sections are similar in construction a description of one 'will answer for both. The concavity of the blades bis toward the middle of the planter, and the blades are separated by spools c, washers d being employed between the blades and boxing for'the shaft a.. The standards e, which support the seeding mechanism, carry the vboxing for the shafts at their lower ends. These standards are cast hollow, and are secured to the cappiece f by bolts and nuts. The cap-piece is provided with an oil-hole, f, for each standard, designed for oiling the bearings on the shaft a. These are all brass, the openings extending from the cap-piece to the shafts, so the bearings are hid from the dust. The cap-piece is provided near each end with ariser, g, on

which the seed-box rests, and to which it is secured. The seed-cups h are connected to the front edge of the hopper in any suitable manner, and enter the mouths of the seed-tubes, as shown. The" bottom of the seed-box is concave in cross-section, and a concave regulating-slide, ti, is operated by alever, t, pivoted to the under face of the seed-box near its rear edge, and is made in two sections, which are connected at their outer ends bytwo rods, ft2 i3,

with the lever i', so that Whenthe lever is' moved the sections of the slide will move in opposite directions. By moving the lever z" charge-openin gs.

in one direction -the slide will `quickly open the discharge-openings, and by movingit in the opposite direction they will quickly close said openings, and they may be stopped to regulate the sizes of the openings.. The seetions i* are perforated, and work one over the other, as shown. The feed-screw k fills the bottom of the seed-box, and is journaled in the ends of the seed-box. I The journals project through the ends of the box, and the one at the outer end of the seed-box is provided with a pulley, 7c', having a clutch and lever for throwing it in and out of gear. This feedscrew is provided with sets Zof both righthand and lefthand threads between the discharge-openings in the bottom of the seed-box. When rotated, this feed-screw will carry the seed from all parts of the seed-box to the dis- The feed-screw is run by an endless chain, m, running from. a drivingpulley, m', on the end of the shaft a over the pulley k. The chain is held in place by a self-adjusting idler, mwhichworks on a crankarm, n', secured in bearings on the cap-piece.` The crank-arm n is controlled by a spiral spring,` n2, coiled upon it and secured to hold the idler against the chain, and at the same time yield to the motion of the chain.

` The two sections of the machine are connected together in the following manner: p

designates the tongue ofthe machine, provided with a series of vertical perforations, p', for the greater portion of its length between its ends. A rectangular slotted guide-plate, p2, is provided with laterally-bifurcated and verticallyperforated lugs p3 and 19'* on its diagonally opposite lower corners, which engage ears q q, projecting from theupper faces at the inner front corners of the cap pieces.. Pins q2, passed down through the perforations inthe lugs and ears, form the pivotal connections betweenthe sections. To the rear end of the tongue p, which passes through the rectangular slot inthe guide-block p2 and is secured therein by a pin passing down through a per-` foration in the block and through one of the vertical perforations in the tongue, is fastened by a swivel-connection two slotted bars, r r', one on the right, the other on the left.` These bars r r diverge forwardly, and aresecured to the cap-pieces of the sections by a pivotal connection, as shown. The under side of the tongue is provided in rear of the sections with` IOO a guide-loop, r2, through which a key-bar, r3, is passed, its ends resting in the slots r4 in the bars r r', to lock the sections rigidlytogether, when desired. When the key bar r is in place, the sections are held firmly together y and strengthened; but when the key-bar is removed the sections-have vertical pla-y at their connections. The langles of the sections may be changed by removing the pin in the slotted guide and moving it back or forth on the tongue and replacing the pin when the guide-has been moved to the proper place. Between the sections7 and opening from the left-hand section, is a spoilt or seed-tube, s, and to open the furrow for thistubeI provide a pair of advance openers or disks, s swhich are journaled in bearings in a frame, s, swiveach other.

`eled to the tongue in front of the sections, as shown. These disks s s2 are also concavoconvex, and have their convex faces toward rIhey are made to converge to the front on their axle, and are separated by spools 85 .96,.and a wedge-shaped block, S7, between the inner spools, S5, to give them the converging position. The seat is secured in the rear of the sections upon the. upper ends of' two crossed bars, t t, slotted at t2 to receive a securing-bolt, t3, which holds them together. The lower ends of the cross-bars t t are secured to perforated arms t4 t4, secured to the cap-pieces near their outer ends, by swinging hook-and-bail connections u u. The seat is connected at the front by a brace, u, connected by a bolt, ato the tongue, to steady the seat. rlhe seat is placed in this position to balance the tongue to relieve the necksof the j v team. The outer and lower ends of the bars t t can be adjusted upon the perforated arms struction, may be simply and easily adjusted to different angles, may be used either as a drill or as a broadcast-seeder, and while it is light is substantial and will not easily get out of order. The shaft a is made in two sectionsi. viz., thelong portion a and the short portion l. The former has a square head, 3, and the latter a square head, 4, which are seated in a rectangular socket in the end of the outer spool, c, which enters the boxing at the lower end of the hollow arm e.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. In a seed-planter, the combination, with the cutters mounted rigidly on the shaft a and separated as described, the hollow standards forming bearings for the shaft and connected at their upper ends to the cappiece, of ,the seed-box raised above the cap-piece, having concave bottom with discharge-openings, the sectional regulating slide operated by the double lever, the feed-screw, seed-cups, and dischargetubes, and mechanism for operating the cutters and feed-screw, substantially as specified. v

2. In a rotary seed-planter, the combination, with the seed-box having a concave perforated bottom, of the concave sectional slide i, the opposite ends ofthe sections being connected by rods it i to points on the lever t" on opposite sides of its fulcrum, substantially as specified. f

3. In aseed-planter, the combination, with the two sections constructed as described and provided with ears at the front corners of the inner ends of the cap-pieces, of the slotted guide perforated vertically for a securing-pin, and provided at its lower sides at the front andrear opposite corner with the two laterally-bifurcated and vertically-perforated lugs secured to the ears, and the vertically-per'- forated tongue passed through the slot and secured therein by a pin', and the diverging slotted bars hinged to the tongue in rear of the sections and connected to the cap-pieces by a pivotal connection, substantially as specified.

4. In a seed-planter, the combination, with the sections of the machine connected bythe slotted guide, lugs,l and ears, and by the tongue and swivel connected slotted forwardly-,di-

verging bars, of the loop on the under face of the tongue in rear of the sections, and the removable key-bar occupying the slots of the diverging bars and the loop on the tongue, substantially as specified.

5. In a seed-planter, the combination, with the cap-pieces having the rearwardly-projecting perforated arms, of the crossed bars connected thereto at their lower ends by bail-andhook connections, and slotted near their upper ends at their points of intersection for the reception of the securing-bolt, and the seat secured thereon and braced from its front to a point on the tongue in front of the seedboxes, substantially as specified.

6. In a seed-planter, the combination, with` a sectional planterhaving a discharging-seed- IOO IIO

tube between the inner cutters of the sections,

of a frame swiveled to the tongue in front of the space between the sections, and provided with forwardly-converging cutters rotating on their shaft, and separated by spools land a wedge-piece upon the axle, substantially as specified. In testimony thatV I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signaturein presence of two witnesses. Y

ELLISON ARMIS'IEAD DANIEL. Witnesses:

J W. CoRNnLrus, J o II. STEWART. 

